Chapter 23 Chapter 21 Purple Mist

I searched for information about parallel spaces on the Internet, and accidentally found a movie - "The One" by Jet Li. The theory of parallel spaces mentioned in the movie is the closest to the records in the document. However, based on the materials I collected, I found that these materials all emphasized a phenomenon, that is, there are the same characters in countless parallel spaces.For example, if there is Jet Li on the earth, there will be one in another dimension.The records in the document did not mention this. Cao Cang was alone on Earth, but in the different sea, there is no other Cao Cang.

I keep searching for information related to parallel universes on the Internet, so that I don’t have enough time, which directly affects my writing speed.Through the information I searched, I can barely describe the content of these documents.Without contacting the vest, I was curious and continued to read the document: The scientific research ship continued to move forward on the sea.The direction of sailing is not random, but slowly cruising among numerous ghost ships. I don't know what Professor Pang and Remus want to do now. They walked between these ships, but they didn't take the initiative to approach any ship. "Is it because the mutants on the tanker made Remus more vigilant, and he is no longer willing to take the risk of any detection." Cao Cang thought.

The waves on the sea gradually calmed down, and now everyone is on the deck, with no plans to rest.The discussion between Professor Pang and the Americans cruelly presented the truth of the whole experiment in front of everyone. Although the personnel involved in the experiment more or less knew some extraordinary secrets in the experiment.But after the truth of the whole experiment became clear that there was no secret, everyone felt an uncontrollable sense of despair in their hearts. After all, the earth is the home of human beings, and our dependence on the earth is not just a genetic imprint.Emotionally, even a hard-hearted person cannot abandon the attitude of abandoning the homeland on which he lives.

Professor Pang and Remus are exceptions. Cao Cang thought that Remus and Professor Pang must have encountered major twists and turns in their lives. If those twists and turns were applied to ordinary people, they would definitely go crazy.But they are not ordinary people. They persist tenaciously, and the side effect is that they have an opposing attitude towards life and society psychologically.So much so, that they want to set up another stove in another sea and build a new world in their own way. There are only two endings for this kind of person: a great man or a lunatic. Cao Cang's eyes gradually blurred, and he found a mist slowly filling the scientific research ship.

Objects two or three meters away were covered by fog, and nothing could be seen.Cao Cang was shocked to find that the mist was not milky white, but light purple. Cao Cang stood up and looked around.Purple is everywhere.Thick fog filled the sea, making it impossible to see anything. The scientific research ship was driving slowly in the thick fog.In order to avoid hitting other ships, the scientific research ship cannot drive too fast.The task of directing the direction fell to Ximei again. Cao Cang was standing at the bow of the ship. The scientific research ship was traveling too slowly, and the sound of the waves hitting the ship could be heard very clearly.

Professor Pang and Remus have already told everyone that the next step that needs to be done now is to survey every ship as much as possible. Maybe the information on these ghost ships will be of great help to everyone's understanding of the different seas. Everyone is like this Thought, no one objected. But in the current environment, the scientific research ship can only move slowly on the sea surface, and everyone hopes that the purple fog will dissipate soon. At this time, in the thick purple mist ahead, a little light appeared. All who saw the light rose to their feet. The bright light is flashing rhythmically, every two seconds, it flashes once.After a while, this bright light disappeared.

Everyone chatted with each other, discussing what message this bright light was conveying. After a few minutes, the bright light began to flicker again, and it was brighter than before. It seemed that it was a search light on a ship. This rhythmic flashing light must be man-made.Everyone reached a consensus. The vicious mutants on the tanker made everyone more vigilant.Everyone is on guard against the intelligent creatures on these ghost ships. Remus commanded the submarine to enter a state of readiness, ready to launch torpedoes at any time. The research ship gradually approached the light.The scientific research ship and the lights got very close. At this time, everyone saw that it was a mechanical ship, not big, with a displacement of only a few thousand tons.Judging from the structure of the ship, the ship has a huge chimney, which shows that the ship is not short, and it is a steam-powered ship that uses coal as fuel.

The people on the scientific research ship yelled loudly at the ship.If the man with the lights was looking for help, he should respond right away by now.However, no one came to the deck of the ship to greet everyone. Many people on the scientific research ship are experienced navigators, but no one can understand the meaning of the flashing lights.The scientific research ship turned sideways slowly, aiming the heavy machine gun in the direction of the ship's lights. Soviet soldiers moved the aerial ladder on the scientific research ship, put the aerial ladder on the railing adjacent to the scientific research ship and the old-fashioned ship, and then fixed it with ropes to build a bridge between the two ships.

After discussing with Professor Pang for a while, Remus decided to send only three people there: Cao Cang, Iwan and Karin. Ivan and Karin quickly crawled over. When Cao Cang was about to go over, Professor Pang held him back and said softly, "If you encounter danger, don't think about rescuing them. You have to ensure your own safety." "In that case," Cao Cang asked, "why did you let me go?" "Because you are different from us." Professor Pang said, "You must understand all the situations here as much as possible." Professor Pang looked around and continued: "Even if we can't survive in the different sea, we will let you survive to the end. You are the only hope."

"Is it the same as Lao Song?" Cao Cang said, "Are you a supporter of Remus, or are you against his plan?" "I am only loyal to the country." Professor Pang said, "You must understand the condition of this ship. After you figure it out, tell me right away. I will wait for you here. Remember, this is very important." Professor Pang finally expressed his position to Cao Cang. Cao Cang felt more at ease.Yes, at such a high cost to the state, the experiment would certainly not be run by a weak-willed, treacherous man. Cao Cang also climbed the ladder.Both Ivan and Karin were waiting for him.Three people can communicate in Russian.

That mysterious light still flickers on the upper deck of the ship.Cao Cang, Ivan, and Karin slowly groped forward on the deck.Now they could see better, the light was coming from the top of the cockpit.They thought that the person who operated the light must be a survivor on the ship. The three of Cao Cang quickened their pace, wanting to find these people quickly.While walking, Cao Cang took out his pistol in case of emergencies. "Is there anyone on board?" Professor Pang's voice came through the thick fog. Cao Cang replied: "I haven't found it yet." The three walked to the cockpit, and Karin volunteered to climb up first.Cao Cang handed him the pistol. After Karin went up, he didn't make any sound. Cao Cang hurriedly shouted, "What's the matter?" "Yes!" Carlin replied, his voice calm. Cao Cang and Iwan couldn't wait for Karin's answer, and hurriedly climbed up, asking while climbing, "Is there any danger?" "Not yet." Karin replied. Cao Cang stopped asking, he had already climbed up, and saw Karin standing on the roof in a daze, looking at the flickering searchlight, Cao Cang also looked at the searchlight, and found a dumbfounding scene: operating the searchlight It turned out to be a monkey. The monkey didn't panic at all when it saw humans, and still focused on pressing the switch behind the searchlight, operating very regularly, pressing once every two seconds. Cao Cang walked towards the monkey slowly, very curious, thinking about why the monkey did such a thing.Seeing Cao Cang approaching, the monkey let out a "squeak" and fled quickly along the pipeline on the ship, and soon disappeared into the mist. Cao Cang held the searchlight and shone the light on the deck of the scientific research ship.The figures of Professor Pang and others were photographed. "What's the situation?" Professor Pang asked in Chinese. "Monkey." Cao Cang replied, "It's a monkey." Cao Cang fixed the searchlight, illuminated the people on the scientific research ship, and shouted to them: "Let's look at other places." Cao Cang, Ivan, and Karin slowly climbed onto the deck again.They circled the boat, and the monkey appeared several times.But the monkey kept a distance from Cao Cang and the others.Carlin tried to catch him, but failed. The ship was not big, and the engine room on the bottom floor was indeed an old-fashioned steam boiler, with a large pile of coal piled up next to it.The furnace mouth is open, the ignition device is also open, and can be started at any time. Cao Cang and the others returned to the cockpit and carefully searched for the things left inside. Karim discovers the captain's logbook.The logs are written in English. Carlin watched and said to Cao Cang and Ivan: "This ship started sailing in 1909. They set off from Boston, USA, and sailed to Brazil. It seems that they also disappeared in the waters of Bermuda." "Is it written in the diary that they disappeared?" Ivan asked. "No." Karin replied, "The last page of the log only records that they lost their way and they entered the thick fog, and there is no record after that." "This purple mist must be weird." Ivan analyzed. The three of them did not find anything special. Instead, in the process of chasing the monkey, they found the storage room on the ship. The food inside had not spoiled. In addition, there was a lot of flour, bacon, and even vegetables on board. All still fresh. Cao Cang, Yiwan and Karin are going back to the research ship.They went to the edge of the deck, Karim still obsessed with the monkey, to catch it.Cao Cang and Iwan agreed, and stood by the ladder waiting for him. Professor Pang asked Cao Cang about the situation on the ship on the scientific research ship.Cao Cang answered truthfully. Cao Cang did not realize that Professor Pang had been communicating with him in Chinese.When Cao Cang saw Professor Pang standing next to the heavy machine gun, he suddenly realized the meaning of what Professor Pang said just now. Professor Pang said that he is only loyal to the country. His attitude towards Remus was completely obsequious. Professor Pang shouted to Cao Cang: "Run, run." how to run?Cao Cang couldn't help being surprised that Remus controlled the scientific research ship and the submarine.Where can this steam-powered ship go? But now Professor Pang pointed the muzzle of the machine gun at Remus, and he calmly said to Remus, "Let them go." Remus and the others didn't react. "Comrade Pang, are you crazy?" Remus said. Professor Pang stopped talking and just pointed his gun at Remus. Seeing this scene, Cao Cang knew that Professor Pang had made up his mind to let himself out of Remus' control. Ivan also realized this and immediately ran to the engine room. Professor Pang still confronted Remus.The people on the scientific research ship were shocked by this sudden change, and they all stood there in a daze. "How do they run?" Remus said to Professor Pang, "Comrade Pang, we should work together now instead of fighting among ourselves like we were on the submarine. This is not good for us." Professor Pang said: "I'm sorry, but I don't agree with your plan. It's not up to you to decide whether the sea and the earth are separated." A long time passed, and Remus didn't take any action. He was very confident in himself, and he didn't think it was necessary to go against Professor Pang who suddenly launched an attack. The ship that Cao Cang was on started to move, and the hull began to shake.The boiler on the ship, which had been left open, was re-ignited.Ivan is very familiar with ships. He is a captain. It is not difficult to start an old-fashioned ship with a steam boiler. Carlin walked up to Cao Cang with the monkey in his arms, and when he saw the situation on the scientific research ship, he asked in surprise, "Cao, what happened?" "We're leaving." Cao Cang replied, "Go and help Ivan, he's in the engine room." Karin immediately recognized the situation and ran towards the engine room. On the scientific research ship, Professor Pang and Remus were still confronting each other. The Americans on board saw Professor Pang and Remus suddenly turn their faces, and stood firmly on Professor Pang's side.But Remus arranged for the soldiers on the scientific research ship to surround them with guns. The ship where Cao Cang was on began to move slowly.Ivan and Karin successfully drive the ship.Fortunately, this ship is not big, and two experienced people can handle it. Seeing that Cao Cang and others were getting farther and farther away from him, Remus no longer delayed, and he issued an order to his subordinates: "Notify the submarines and sink them!" The soldiers quickly ran to the side of the ship, ready to issue this order to their comrades on the submarine. Professor Pang shot, and the soldier was knocked down. Seeing his comrades fall, the subordinates around Remus fired at Professor Pang without hesitation.Professor Pang fell to the ground after being shot. Cao Cang was shocked, but he knew that Professor Pang's move was definitely not a momentary recklessness. His sacrifice broke the balance of the three parties.Professor Pang has realized that under the control of Remus, the direction of experimental development is definitely not the intention of the country, and he is trying to change it. The ship that Cao Cang was on finally started and left the scientific research ship quickly.After a while, the thick purple mist covered everything on the scientific research ship, and even the voice of calling for help could not be heard. Cao Cang slapped his head violently, and Professor Pang concealed a very important situation.The turmoil in the different seas did not end.This purple mist is also a side effect of the shock.It turned out that Professor Pang had been waiting for this opportunity. Those ships that entered the alien sea from other dimensions, including this ship, would leave this sea area quickly in the purple mist. Cao Cang could only trust Professor Pang's calculations. The knowledge Cao Cang received was unable to understand the direction of natural forces, which was a process of entropy change.A highly concentrated energy field will use the same speed to disperse the accumulated matter to the space where it is located.Of course the transformation of this process has a node.This node is happening right now, and the sign of it is this endless purple mist. When Cao Cang realized this, it had been a long time since he entered the Typhoon Ji submarine again. Professor Pang's goal has been achieved. His gamble, which had no chance of winning, finally succeeded. Cao Cang, Karin, and Ivan all stand on the opposite side of Remus.Professor Pang let them out of Remus' control, which was the result of careful consideration. This steam-powered ship is not big, Ivan is an expert in sailing, Karin and Cao Cang are very adaptable.Under Ivan's command, the three worked hard to make the ship sail north.Driving as fast as possible, they want to escape completely while the Soviets are still trying to survive on the sea and have no time to care about chasing them. Now Remus will definitely stop negotiating with everyone hypocritically. Professor Pang, who restricted him, is dead.If he could find the ships of Cao Cang, Ivan, and Karin, he would definitely order the ship to be sunk without hesitation. The three of Cao Cang worked continuously for two days, and the purple mist on the sea had dissipated, and the sea was open again. As far as the eye could see, there was no shadow of any ship.It seems that the densely packed ships in the purple mist, including submarines, are all far apart with the release of space tension. Now Cao Cang doesn't know which part of the different sea he is in, and of course Remus doesn't know where they are. Now, the three of Cao Cang are temporarily safe. The three of them had been working hard to operate the mechanical devices on the ship, and they were so busy that they had no time to exchange topics other than manipulating the ship. Now Ivan and Karin are sitting on the deck like Cao Cang.Ivan fixed the direction of the rudder cabin, and Karin finished adding coal to the boiler. "Comrade Pang put his hope on us." Ivan said, "I want to know the reason. What did he tell you?" Cao Cang didn't want to hide anything now, Professor Pang's deeds had completely dispelled Cao Cang's doubts about him.Since Professor Pang can cooperate with Ivan, Cao Cang has no choice but to be honest with them.If I kept concealing something from Karin and Ivan, this mission would definitely not be successful. However, Cao Cang still wanted to know more about Ivan and Karin first. Cao Cang first asked Ivan, "Have you and Professor Pang maintained a tacit understanding?" "The various studies on entering the different seas," said Ivan, "are all presided over by Comrade Pang. He has experience and has entered Lop Nur many times. We have no reason not to believe him. It's just that none of us thought that Remus would Suddenly change the plan. However, Comrade Pang and I will not give up the original intention of the experiment." Cao Cang asked Karin again: "What about you?" "I took Russian as an elective at university in Mumbai before immigrating to the United States." "Why did they choose you?" Cao Cang asked, "Are you not the only paleontologist in the United States?" "I am able to participate in this experiment, professional is only one of the reasons." Karin replied, "The more important reason is that my uncle participated in the last experiment." "Family reasons?" Cao Cang faintly sensed something. "There is something in our family that is the same as yours," Karin said, "something that can allow humans who entered the alien sea to return to Earth." Cao Cang's head was in a mess, trying to sort out the logical relationship of what Karin said. "The Americans invited me to study in the United States because of my uncle." Karin said, "It's also the reason why my teacher let me accept the idea of ​​communism. Cao, our family is the same. millennium." "I thought there was only one of that thing in the world." Cao Cang knew that he could no longer hide it. "There are not many of these things, but there is definitely more than one. So far, humans have only discovered three. Since the Nazis found the first one, certain departments in various countries have been looking for the rest." Karin said, "We family, the second was found. The Americans found my uncle." Cao Cang now thinks clearly, the original experiment of entering the alien sea not only requires a huge amount of gold, but also a pocket watch with a strange function, so that people who enter the alien sea can return to the earth.When this pocket watch finds one, it conducts an experiment. This pocket watch is more important than gold.Gold can be collected from all over the world, and the number of such pocket watches must be very limited and scattered in countries of different civilizations in the world, and the family that can hold this pocket watch must be a very old family. Karin is of Indian descent, and their family, like the Cao family, has survived the historical turmoil. "If you are like our family," Karin said, "then take that thing out of your chest and let me confirm it." Cao Cang no longer hesitated, took out his pocket watch, put it in his palm, and stretched it out in front of Ivan and Karin. "That's the thing," Carlin said. "It's the same as our family's. I used to see it once a year before my uncle brought it to America." "Can you explain the origin of this thing?" Cao Cang asked. "Is there no record of this thing in your family?" Carlin asked back. "No." Cao Cang replied, "We don't know anything about it, we just guard it." Carlin believed Cao Cang, and took the pocket watch from Cao Cang's hand, observed it carefully for a while, and then continued: "This machine has existed for thousands of years." "It took only two or three thousand years for humans to master smelting technology." Ivan reminded. "Is there really a higher civilization?" Cao Cang asked. "Alien?" Ivan also asked. "I don't think it has anything to do with aliens." Carlin said, "There is no evidence to prove the existence of aliens. Our family has no detailed records of where this thing came from. Maybe our family got this mechanical At that time, humans had not mastered writing.” Cao Cang was confused by what Karin said.This thing is neither made by humans, nor has anything to do with aliens. "Could it be made by a monkey?" Ivan joked, pointing at the monkey with a smile. Karin shook his head and suddenly changed the subject: "Like aliens, Darwin's evolution theory is not perfect. I am a scholar who specializes in paleontology, but until now, Darwin's theory of species evolution still lacks evidence to prove that humans are How to become human. There is a gap in the evolution of our species." Ivan said: "That is to say, we still don't know how the ancient ape suddenly became a human?" "Yes." Carlin said, "The theory of evolution still cannot explain how human intelligence is produced. Human intelligence is not a gradual process. For example, humans can use fire, which should be a remarkable progress in the history of human civilization. .But in the age of ignorant humans, the use of fire was discovered almost simultaneously in every corner of the world. How can we explain that prehistoric humans were more closely connected with each other than medieval humans?" "You mean..." Ivan opened his eyes wide and said, "Human civilization is not just as short as a few thousand years? But why can't we find the ruins of prehistoric intelligent civilization on the earth? Such a developed civilization can manufacture such exquisite How can mechanical civilization not leave any traces!" "Because this developed civilization does not exist on Earth, but in another place." Karin said, "Now you understand why I study paleontology." What Karin said was very clear.The earth may have been another "different sea" of intelligent civilization many years ago! That highly developed civilization must have also suffered a catastrophe. A few individuals left their space and entered the earth, retaining part of the civilization's memory.These rare intelligent creatures ignited the fire of civilization on the earth.Karin has hinted very clearly that this kind of intelligent creature is very likely to be the real ancestor of human beings.Thinking of this, Cao Cang put forward this idea without hesitation. "I don't think they are our ancestors. After all, humans evolved from apes, that's for sure. From the perspective of physiological structure, there is no doubt, and there are fossils to prove it." Carlin said, "The key to the matter is Wisdom progresses, and civilization emerges." "Their individuals cannot continue. So they adopted another compromise method..." Cao Cang already knew what Karin meant, but this idea was too exaggerated, and Cao Cang couldn't accept it for a while. "They unlocked the wisdom of the ancient apes." Ivan said calmly, "This is also a way to continue their civilization. After all, it is the instinct of intelligent creatures to allow civilization to continue." "Your statement is not comprehensive." Carlin said, "Maybe we humans just inherited their instinct. Compared with the existence of aliens, this assumption is more reasonable." Both Ivan and Cao Cang were dumbfounded.Cao Cang remembered what Lao Song said: "We and they are all laboratory mice!" Seeing the monkey on the boat, Cao Cang thought: "Human beings who think they are the spirits of all things are actually no different from this monkey." "Now let's skip this topic." Karin said, "Let's go back and discuss this mechanism." There is no need for Karin to remind. According to his vision, those intelligent creatures from another dimension must not be able to survive in their own space. Their technology is far superior to that of humans, and they have created some kind of machinery.This kind of machine is the pocket watch in Cao Cang's hand.They use this machine to enter the earth.However, the number of individuals they entered was too small, and they could barely leave traces of their own civilization.Of course, they also did one more thing, they hastily selected a primate creature, and improved the intelligence of this animal, allowing this animal to barely continue its own civilization. This kind of intelligent life must have existed on Earth for a long time, but eventually became extinct. But before they became extinct, real humans finally emerged.Human beings retain many memories imposed by intelligent life, but they cannot understand them.As a result, the direction of human civilization began to branch, like a balance, one side is to interpret the world in a scientific way, and the other side is religion. Of course, this is an unconscious choice of human beings.As human science progresses more and more, the weight of science on the balance becomes heavier and heavier, gradually surpassing the influence of religion. These pocket watches must be important items left by intelligent life back then, and then passed down in various ancient civilizations, but they are very secretive. "They still want to go back." Cao Cang finally figured this out. "I agree with you." Carlin said, "We humans have at least continued their two very important civilization information. This information is imprinted in the genes and passed down from generation to generation." Cao Cang and Iwan waited for Karin to say something more. "One message is nostalgia for homeland," Carlin said. "The other is just the opposite, an infinite exploration of living space." "These two instincts are actually one." Cao Cang retorted, "Just one word—greed."